If you are insured, please let us know, and we will assist you in making an application for cover under the policy. It is our normal practice to support an application with an opinion from Counsel. Statutory regulations provide that once proceedings have been issued an insured will have the right to choose their own solicitors to represent them under a legal expense insurance policy. Our firm is regularly appointed as non-panel solicitors under legal expense insurance policies. If the cover is not initially granted – and sometimes insurers may be difficult in granting cover, we will raise a formal complaint to insurers on behalf of our client.
We will if there is strong enough case will be willing to consider taking a case on a No Win No Fee (or partial No Win No Fee) basis. This will be subject to Counsel also willing to take the case on upon such basis. Accordingly, in these situations, we send out a summary version of events and copy key documents to various Counsel with a view for them considering whether to accept a no win no fee arrangement. There are two types of no win no fee arrangements. A damages based agreement whereby a percentage of any compensation is paid, and secondly a success fee where there is an uplift in fees should the case be successful.
We can also arrange for an initial fixed price meeting at a reasonable cost so that detailed advice can be taken.
Please contact us at 020 8446 6223 or email enquiries@sr-law.co.uk.